SOCIETIES AND ASSOCIATIONS

INVITED TO SEND DELEGATES TO THE ANNUAL MEETING.

The Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain.

The North British Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain. The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland.

ABERDEEN AND NORTH OF SCOTLAND.-Society of Chemists and Druggists (1839). Mr. A. Strachan, 138, Rosemount Place, Aberdeen.

BIRMINGHAM.-Midland Counties Chemists' Association (1869).

Messrs. Chas.

Thompson and F. H. Alcock, F.C.S., 159, Stratford Road, Birmingham. Chemists' Assistants' Association (1868), Birmingham.

BRIGHTON.-Association of Pharmacy (1861). Mr. Marshall Leigh, 46, Dyke Road, Brighton.

BRISTOL.-Pharmaceutical Association (re-established 1869). G. F. Schacht, F.C.S., 7, Regent Street, Clifton, Bristol.

COLCHESTER.-Association of Chemists and Druggists (1845). Mr. J. C. Shenstone, 13, High Street, Colchester.

COVENTRY.-Coventry and Warwickshire Pharmaceutical Association (1877). Messrs. Wyleys & Co., Coventry.

DOVER.-Chemists' Association. Mr. R. M. Ewell, 37, Town Wall Street, Dover. DUNDEE.-Chemists and Druggists' Association (1868). Mr. J. Russell, 111, Nethergate, Dundee.

EDINBURGH.-Chemists' Assistants' Association. Mr. J. R. Hill.

EXETER.-Exeter Pharmaceutical Society (1845).
High Street, Exeter.

Mr. J. Hinton Lake, 41,

GLASGOW.-Chemists and Druggists' Association (1854). Mr. J. Arnot, 34, Virginia Street, Glasgow.

HALIFAX. Halifax and District Chemists and Druggists' Association (1868). Mr. J. B. Brierley, Halifax.

HASTINGS.-Chemists' Association (1884). Mr. A. N. Beck, 11, York Buildings, Hastings.

HAWICK.-Pharmaceutical Association. Mr. Thomas Maben, 5, Oliver Place,

Hawick.

HULL.-Chemists' Association (1868). Mr. C. B. Bell, 6, Spring Bank, Hull. LEEDS.-Chemists' Association (1862). Mr. F. W. Branson, 14, Commercial Street, Leeds.

LEICESTER.-Leicester and Leicestershire Chemists' Association. Mr. J. J. Edwards, 43, The Newarke, Leicester.

LIVERPOOL.-Chemists' Association (1868). A. H. Samuel, F.C.S., 145, Upper Parliament Street, Liverpool.

LONDON.-Chemists' Assistants' Association. Mr. E. J. Millard, 103, Great Russell Street, W.C.

MANCHESTER.-Chemists and Druggists' Association (1853). F. B. Benger, F.C.S., 7, Exchange Street, Manchester.

NEWCASTLE-UPON TYNE.-North of England Pharmaceutical Association. Chas. B. Ford, St. Nicholas' Chambers.

NOTTINGHAM.-Nottingham and Notts Chemists' Association (1863). Mr. W. Widdowson, Sherwood Street North, Nottingham.

OLDHAM.-Chemists' and Druggists' Assistants and Apprentices' Association (1870). Mr. C. G. Wood, Secretary, Church Institute, Oldham.

PLYMOUTH.-Association of Chemists for Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse (1868). Mr. G. Breeze, Catherine Street, Devonport.

SCARBOROUGH.-Chemists' Association (1870). J. Whitfield, F.C.S., Scarborough. SHEFFIELD. Pharmaceutical and Chemical Society (1869). Mr. Jno. Humphrey, Sheffield.

SUNDERLAND.-Chemists' Association (1869). Mr. J. Harrison, 33, Bridge Street, Sunderland.

YORK.-Chemists' Association (1865). Mr. Montague Folkard, 9, High Ousegate, York.

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PRESENTATION COPIES OF THE YEAR-BOOK OF

FORWARDED TO THE FOLLOWING:

The Honorary Members.

Libraries.

PHARMACY ARE

American Pharmaceutical Association; Chemical Society of London; Ecole de Pharmacie, Montpellier; Ecole Supérieure de Pharmacie, Paris; Massachusetts College of Pharmacy; The Mason College, Birmingham; Missouri College of Pharmacy; New Zealand Board of Pharmacy; North British Branch of the Pharmaceutical Society; Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain; Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland; Pharmaceutical Society of New South Wales; Ontario College of Pharmacy, Toronto; Pharmaceutical Society of Australasia; Royal Society of London; Société de Pharmacie, Paris; State of Illinois Board of Pharmacy; Yorkshire College of Science.

Provincial Associations (having Libraries).

Aberdeen Society of Chemists and Druggists; Brighton Chemists' Association; Bristol Pharmaceutical Association; Colchester Association of Chemists and Druggists; Coventry and Warwickshire Pharmaceutical Association; Dover Chemists' Association; Dundee Chemists and Druggists' Association; Edinburgh Chemists' Assistants' Association; Glasgow Chemists and Druggists' Association; Halifax and District Chemists and Druggists' Association; Hastings Chemists' Association; Hawick Chemists' Association; Hull Chemists' Association; Leeds Chemists' Association; Leicester and Leicestershire Chemists' Association; Liverpool Chemists' Association; London Chemists' Assistants' Association; Manchester Chemists and Druggists' Association; Midland Counties Chemists' Association; North of England Pharmaceutical Association; Nottingham and Notts Chemists' Association; Oldham Chemists and Druggists' Assistants and Apprentices' Association; Plymouth, Devonport, and Stonehouse Chemists' Association; Scarborough Chemists' Association; Sheffield Pharmaceutical and Chemical Association; Sunderland Chemists' Association; York Chemists' Association.

Journals.

American Druggist; American Journal of Pharmacy; Archiv der Pharmacie ; British Medical Journal; Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal; Chemical News; Chemist and Druggist; Journal de Pharmacie d'Anvers; Journal de Pharmacie et de Chimie; Lancet; Medical Press and Circular; The Microscope; Nature; Pharmaceutical Journal; Pharmaceutische Centralhalle; Pharmacist; Répertoire de Pharmacie; Revista Farmaceutica.

THE FOLLOWING JOURNALS ARE RECEIVED FROM THEIR RESPECTIVE EDITORS:

American Druggist; American Journal of Pharmacy; Archives de Pharmacie ; Archiv der Pharmacie; Australasian Journal of Pharmacy; British Medical Journal; Canadian Pharmaceutical Journal; Chemical News; Chemist and Druggist; Journal de Pharmacie d'Anvers; Journal de Pharmacie et de Chimie; National Druggist; Pharmaceutical Journal; Pharmaceutical Record; Pharmaceutische Centralhalle; Pharmacist; Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association; Répertoire de Pharmacie; Revista Farmaceutica.

OF THE

BRITISH PHARMACEUTICAL CONFERENCE

AT THE

TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING, MANCHESTER, 1887.

OFFICERS.
President. 8. R. ATKINS, J.P.
Vice-Presidents.

(Who have filled the

PROF. BENTLEY, F.L.S., M.R.C.S., London.
H. B. BRADY, F.R.S., F.L.S., F.C.S., New-
castle-on-Tyne.

THOS. B. GROVES, F.C.S., Weymouth.
PROF. REDWOOD, Ph.D., F.I.C., F.C.S., London.
G. F. SCHACHT, F.C.S., Clifton, Bristol.

office of President.)

R. REYNOLDS, F.C.S., Leeds.

PROF. ATTFIELD, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.I.C.,
F.C.S., London.

J. WILLIAMS, F.I.C., F.C.S., London.
J. B. STEPHENSON, Edinburgh.
T. GREENISH, F.C.S., F.R.M.S.

Vice-Presidents.

M. CARTEIGHE, F.I.C., F.C.S., London.
S. PLOWMAN, F.R.C.S., London.

C. SYMES, Ph.D., Liverpool.
G. S. WOOLLEY, Manchester.

Treasurer. C. UMNEY, F.I.C., F.C.S., London.
Honorary General Secretaries.

W. A. H. NAYLOR, F.I.C., F.C.S., London. | JOHN C. THRESH, D.Sc., F.C.S., Buxton.
Local Secretary. F. BADEN BENGER, F.C.S., Manchester.

Other Members of the Executive Committee.

BARCLAY, T., Birmingham.
BRUNKER, J. E., M.A., Dublin,
CONROY, M., F.C.S., Liverpool.
DAVIES, R. H., F.I.C., London.
DOTT, D. B., F.R.S.E., Edinburgh.

C. J. ARBLASTER, Birmingham.
Assistant Secretary.

W. H. INCE, A.I.C.

ELBORNE, W., F.C.S., Manchester.
GERRARD, A. W., F.C.S., London.
MABEN, T., Hawick.

SYMONS, W. H., F.C.S., F.R.M.S., London.

Auditors.

W. WILKINSON, Manchester.

Editor of Bear-Book.

LOUIS SIEBOLD, F.I.C., F.C.S.

Local Committee.
HAY, A., Salford Hospital.
HEDLEY, T., Ramsbottom.
HOLT, J., Manchester.
HUDDLESTONE, R. O., Manchester.
HUGHES, E. G., Manchester.
HUNT, L, Manchester.
JACKSON, G., Manchester.
JOHNSTONE, C. A., Manchester.
KAY, S., Stockport.

KAY, T., Stockport.
KEMP, H., Manchester.
KERFOOT, T., Manchester.
LATEWARD, J. R., Manchester.
MCCORMICK, F. H., Manchester.
MASON, W. B., Bolton.
MATHER, W., Manchester.
MAUNDER, ROBT., Manchester.
MAYOR, D., Manchester.
MIDGLEY, C., Manchester.
MORTON, I., Ramsbottom.
OLDFIELD, A. C., Manchester.
OLDFIELD, H., Hyde.
PAINE, S., Manchester.

PEATSON, H. R., Manchester.
PHILLIPS, J., Wigan.
POLLITT, J. M., Radcliffe.
PRATT, G. W., Manchester.
RAMSDEN, W., Fallowfield.
ROBINSON, B., Pendleton.
SCAIFE, 8., Manchester.

SHAW, THOS., Manchester.
SIEBOLD, L., Walmersley.
SLACK, J. L., Manchester.
SLUGG, J. T., Chorlton.
SMITH, A., Sale.

SMITH, J. R., Radcliffe.
STEVENSON, J. C., Todmorden.
STONES, W., Manchester.
SWINDLES, T. Manchester.
SWINN, C, Manchester.
TAYLOR, E., Manchester.
THRESH, Dr., Manchester.
TURNER, W. S., Manchester.
TWEMLOW, R., Manchester.
WATKINSON, J. W., Farnworth.
WATERHOUSE, W. H., Ashton.
WESTMACOTT, G., Manchester.
WHEELDON, J., Manchester.
WILD, J., Hyde.

WILD, J, Clayton-le-Moors.
WILD, JNO., Manchester.
WILKINSON, G., Manchester.
WILKINSON, J. F., Pendleton.

WILKINSON, W., Manchester.

WOOLLEY, G. 8. (Chairman). Mənchester.

WOOLLEY, HERMAN (Treasurer), Man

chester.

WOOLLEY, HAROLD, Manchester.
YOUNG, J. R., Warrington.

THE SITTINGS OF THE CONFERENCE WERE HELD IN THE

CHEMICAL LECTURE THEATRE, OWENS COLLEGE, MANCHESTER,

ON TUESDAY & WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30TH AND 31ST, 1887,

Commencing at Ten a.m. each day.

MONDAY, 29th AUGUST.

The EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE met, according to notices from the Honorary General Secretaries, at 10 p.m., at the Grand Hotel, Manchester.

TUESDAY, 30th AUGUST.

The CONFERENCE met at 10 o'clock a.m., adjourning at 1 p.m.; and at 2 o'clock p.m., adjourning at 4 p.m.

Order of Business.

Reception of Delegates.

Report of Executive Committee.

Financial Statement.

Report of Treasurer of the "Bell and Hills Library Fund."

President's Address.

Reading of Papers and Discussions thereon.

PAPERS.

1. Report on Strophanthus and Strophanthin. By W. ELBORNE, F.C.S.

2. Contribution to our Knowledge of Catha Leaves. By Prof. FLÜCKIGER and J. E. GEROCK.

3. A New Method of Preparing Aconitine. By JOHN WILLIAMS, F.I.C., F.C.S.

4. Mackay Beans, the Seeds of Eutada Scandens. By JOHN Moss, F.I.C., F.C.S.

5. Note on the Estimation of Ipecacuanha. By F. RANSOM.

6. Report on Blaud's Pills. By T. MABEN.

7. Note on the Cultivation of English Rhubarb. By W. ELBORNE, F.C.S.

8. On Two Species of Vesicating Beetles from South Africa. By J. O. BRAITHWAITE.

9. Oil of Evodia, a New Deodorant for Iodoform. By H. HELBING.

10. Cryptopine and its Salts. By Dr. E. KAUder.

There was a mid-day adjournment between 1 and 2 p.m. for luncheon on the College premises.

At 4 p.m. members were conveyed by omnibus to the Exhibition, Old Trafford.